I have just installed xampp on my laptop. I installed it using the admin account because it gave me an error when I tried to install it from my normal user-level account.
The error turned out to be unrelated...it was the one about UACs and not installing xampp into the program files x86 directory. I didn't figure that out until later, so went ahead and moved to admin for the install.
I assumed it would ask me if I wanted it to be available for all users, but it did not ask that question. Now I cannot use xampp under my regular user account. Even if I go straight to the directory and launch the control panel, it does not work.
I have no desire to be out on the web using an admin account, for security reasons, so I'd like to use xampp from a normal user-level account.
Do I just need to chuck the current install and reinstall at user level, or is there something else I should do? I've read a little bit of the old posts about non-admin users but I'm not sure if they apply to Windows 7.
All help much appreciated.
Judith